Stockport County moved into their present home at the start of the 1902-03 season.

Joe Raby has the distinction of scoring the very first County goal at Edgeley Park when he netted in the 1-1 draw with Gainsborough Trinity on September 13th, 1902.
    At the time Stockport Rugby Club used the stadium and the two codes shared facilities until the demise of the oval ball team three years later.
    Changing rooms and office accommodation were already in place in 1902 and within twelve months a new covered stand on the Popular Side housing 1,400 supporters was constructed.
    This stand was replaced in 1927 and further added to in 1934 with a stand that ran the whole length of the terracing.
    When a record 27,833 packed the ground for the visit of Liverpool in an FA Cup 5th round tie in 1950 around 16,000 fans turned the Pop Side into a cauldron of noise.
    In 1954 the roof on the Pop Side was extended forward to cover the whole terrace.
    On completion the stand was renamed the Barlow Stand to commemorate the sterling work undertaken by Ernest Barlow, club chairman from 1923 until his death thirty-one years later.
    In 1978 half the Barlow Stand was dismantled and replaced by an all-weather 5-a-side pitch and, in 1994, capacity was reduced further by the installation of 2,500 seats.
    The first major development on the Hardcastle Road side of the ground came in 1913 with the construction of a 500-seater timber enclosure, which incorporated new changing rooms and office accommodation.   
    This stand remained, with only minor alterations, until the summer of 1935 when it perished in an incredible fire.
    Just 12 months later, though, Mr Charles Sutcliffe, President of the Football League, officially opened an impressive new structure.
    The team took to their new environment immediately. After the opening ceremony York City were beaten 6-0 and, at the end of the season, County were crowned champions of the Division Three (North) for a second time.
    The 1980s saw the Paddock, a terrace well below pitch level in front of the seated area, filled with concrete and fitted with blue plastic seats.
    Similar seats replaced the old, uncomfortable, wooden seats in the stand soon after.
    This modernisation, unfortunately, necessitated the removal of the Edgeley Park drawbridge.
    The timber structure was lowered to provide access for the players from the tunnel, over the Paddock, and onto the pitch!
    The first major structure at the Cheadle End of the ground was erected in 1923 and, by the halcyon Go Go Go County era of the 1960s, housed the 'Cheadle Enders', an army of around 3,000 noisy fans who gave the team quite incredible vocal backing.
    Basic seating, installed in 1967, cut capacity in the stand to just 1,100 and the timber structure remained unaltered until demolition following the Bradford fire in 1985.
    After a decade of the end being little more than a walkway, the magnificent new 5,000 plus seater Cheadle End was opened at the start of the 1995-96 season.
  The Railway End at Edgeley Park saw little development, apart from the replacement of the old wooden railway sleepers with concrete steps in the mid-1980s, until August 2001 when the terrace, was seated.   
    Still uncovered, the end that once housed 6,000 Liverpool supporters in an FA Cup fourth round replay in 1965, can now accommodate 1,342. supporters.
    Floodlights were installed at Edgeley Park in 1956 being replaced by today's 'single pylons' in the mid-1990s.
    The first floodlit game on the ground took place on October 16th, 1956 when crack Dutch outfit Fortuna 54 Geleen (now Fortuna Sittard) won 3-0 in front of 14,511.

    A special video was made for our Gala Dinner in 2002 to celebrate 100 years at Edgeley Park. Click here to watch it.